um.. I think perhaps they used to. A lot of their newer stuff I know is Taiwanese shit and may as well have been made by Fisher-Price or Mattel. for all the quality and utility it has before breaking or becoming useless

Really? That blows. I haven't looked into them in quite a while but they were making quality stuff way back when I was into renn faire, like 20 years ago.

They had a great reputation years ago, though I'll admit I never owned one before a couple years ago. I bought a cold steel machete thinking it would be better than a $10 WalMart special, but it wasn't. At all. Held an edge for about 3 minutes, and after that you could swing it at a Styrofoam cup and it would bend into a C-shape.

Total shit.

Replacement was a Ka-Bar. Respectable thickness and weight, carbon steel, and never flexes.